Red Bull boss Christian Horner is confident that Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo can deliver the goods in Sunday’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix after both drivers qualified inside the top three -- beaten only by championship contender Sebastian Vettel.

Red Bull is the most successful team in Singapore, with Vettel claiming three victories for the team between 2011 and 2013. Horner even issued a warning to his former driver as Red Bull looks to add to its one victory of 2017 in Sunday’s race.

“Seb’s got a championship to think about,” said Horner. “We’ve been quickest in every single session this weekend but then the one that really counts, unfortunately you could just see that, once you get to that crucial part of qualifying, the drivers have extracted everything there was out of the car and we just don’t have that last little bit.

“I think that the race pace we showed yesterday puts us in good stead for the race tomorrow, so we’re happy with a front row start and third as well.

“You can see that they (Ferrari) are 5 kph (3.1 mph) quicker down the straight than us, but that’s the way it is, that’s what we’ve got to deal with, but the race isn’t won on a Saturday, and, if we can get a good start, can have a good race pace, then hopefully we can give them a hard time tomorrow.”

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